A 3rd win of the competition keeps Afghanistan in contention for their very first Cricket World Cup semifinal.
Afghanistan have actually beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in Pune to tape-record their 3rd win of the Cricket World Cup and increase their hopes of a semifinal location.
Their bowlers had actually laid the structure of their 3rd win in 6 matches on Monday when they bowled out Sri Lanka for a below-par 241 in 49.3 overs.
3 of their leading 5 batters, consisting of Hashmatullah Shahidi, then produced half-centuries in a scientific chase that they achieved in 45.2 overs to transfer to 5th location in the points table.
Azmatullah Omarzai (73) scored the winning run with Shahidi (58) searching from the other end.
Shahidi and his guys had shocked holders England and 1992 champs Pakistan previously in the competitors, and they showed those were no flukes with yet another excellent screen versus 1996 winners Sri Lanka.
Take into bat, numerous Sri Lankan batters got their eyes in however might not rather capitalise on those starts.
After the fall of Dimuth Karunaratne in the 6th over, Kusal Mendis (39) created half-century collaborations with Pathum Nissanka (46) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (36) to constant the innings.
At 134-2 in the 28th over, Sri Lanka looked well positioned to reach the 275 mark, however the adventurous Afghans struck at routine periods to peg them back.
Angelo Mathews and Maheesh Theekshana raised 45 fast runs for the 8th wicket, however Sri Lanka still disappointed the 250 mark.
Afghanistan lost Rahmanullah Gurbaz in the very first over, however Rahmat Shah (62) and Ibrahim Zadran (39) soothed the nerves with a 73-run collaboration.
Kasun Rajitha dismissed Shah, however not before the batter had actually raised his 2nd succeeding fifty of the competition.
Shahidi and Omarzai combined care with periodic hostility in their unbroken century stand to take Afghanistan closer to the target.
With triumph in sight, both chose to play their shots, and Omarzai scored the winning run when he tried to strike a 6 and was dropped at deep mid-wicket.
“Quite pleased and happy with the group,” Shahidi stated after the match.
“The chase was extremely expert and I am really pleased about it.”
Sri Lanka captain Mendis rued his side’s bad overall after their 4th loss in 6 matches.
“I believe we were a bit except runs,” he stated.
“We required 280 or 300 on this pitch. I believe the bowlers succeeded in the very first 10 overs, however it was difficult after that.”